The report says Ivory Coast were ahead through Ines Konan and had already shown real attacking threat before the contest changed late in the first half.
That red card appears to have redrawn the game. Quarter-finals are often decided by control rather than flair, and once space opened up, Algeria seem to have found both belief and territory.
The comeback, as described in the report, came through two strikes from distance.
That sequence says plenty about knockout football. One team had the chance to reset the match and missed it; the other kept pushing and took the moment. For Algeria, that is the kind of victory that can alter the ceiling of an entire programme, not just a single tournament run.
A first Women’s World Cup qualification would be more than a headline. It would offer Algeria a new reference point in African football and a powerful recruiting tool for the next generation of players. Big tournament exposure changes expectations quickly.
The next storyline is already clear. The report says Algeria will face the winner of Malawi versus Ghana in the semi-finals, while Ivory Coast may still have another route toward the global stage through the intercontinental play-off.